Beaune 1er Cru Les Cent-Vignes

A very ripe yet reasonably fresh nose displays notes of black cherry liqueur, plum, soft wood and warm earth. The sleeker and more refined but not more concentrated flavors possess slightly better verve on the lightly mineral-inflected finish that is firm to the point of being almost chewy. This robustly tannic but not really rustic effort is not especially typical of Cents Vignes and is going to required extended keeping.